How does genocide happen?
I can get behind murder. I feel like this, to some extend, is a genuine part of human behaviour. Even the horrific aftermath of such. But genocide truly feels inhuman to me. So I can never fundamentally understand how in history, civilizations went from point A to point B to Point Genocide. Any thoughts on this?
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You create an outgroup, portray them as subhuman, whip people into a frenzy with propaganda, and you're there.
People are also emotional, you tap into that. Anger and hate are easy emotions.
When you put it like in-group out-group, it does feel like a very human thing. We seem to be quite naturally very cliquey.